Sustainable intensification of crop-livestock systems to improve food security and farm income diversification in the Ethiopian highlands
Project Design Workshop
30 January - 2 February 2012, Addis Ababa Ethiopia

World cafe on gaps - Gender (Katherine Snyder)

This workshop provides an opportunity for a broad group of important stakeholders to both learn about the project plans and to share their views on expectations from and opportunities for synergies with the project (days 1 and 2) and for the core project team to finalize the project details (days 3 and 4).



How to integrate gender in the work of this project:
  • Farm-level decision-making within household-gendered entry point;
  • Gender and age - schooling / labor
  • Gendered assets: focus on livestock
  • Gendered groups such as S+L
  • Gendered impact of intensification
  • Dependency ratio - producers / consumers. Gender + age.
  • Gender + religion / gender ideology;
  • Income goes up, money goes out (man spends it)
  • Who gets the money in case of bigger income-generating activities?
  • Does empowerment cause conflict?
    • Depends on how the change occurs
    • Depends on household characteristics
  • Trade-offs for gender/age equity (using manure for soil fertility instead of fuel)
  • Livestock: choice of commodity makes a difference (small ruminants often managed by women, but may not make money from marketing)
  • Agro-forestry (important that it provides opportunities for both)
    • Women: fruit/fuel trees as sources of nutrition (have own criteria)
    • Men: Wood for pole / wood for cash
  • Mode farmer selection (important to include female-headed households)
  • How to incorporate in the workplan? Gender should be incorporated by specifying percentage;
  • Opportunities:
    • Target women's activities/assets
    • Governance and leadership
  • Challenges:
    • Established (cultural) norms
    • Potential negativeimpacts.